abc 7 news reporter katie utehs has more on the possible lawsuit and the uncertainty of this season. katie? >> reporter: kristen, here at the coliseum the oakland a's brand themselves as rooted in oakland, but the raiders are far from it. and late this afternoon we reached out to the head coach, asked him about a potential lawsuit, and where the team will play this monday. >> i try not to listen too much to what's out there. i don't know what's true and what's not. but we're playing here monday night. that's all i know. >> reporter: monday may be the only certainty for the raider nation. as rumblings of a lawsuit and early termination of a lease loom over the coliseum. >> but we still owe's 90 million on the renovations, and if we can get money back, i'm in favor of that. >> reporter: chris dobbins with the coliseum authority. he's heard word of the lawsuit. according to the chronicle those law firms have reportedly offered to fund the initial case. >> i feel very strongly in our case. they're going for it on a bad faith effort. being on the coliseum authority, and having those conver

.% abc 7 news reporter katie utehs is here with more on the investigation. katie? >> reporter: dan, the neighborhoods are unassuming as you can see in this video, but neighbors i spoke with were suspicious. a bright yellow ferrari caught people's eyes. possibly funded off the backs of the hundreds of immigrants the facility owners are accused of exploiting. >> reporter: a deceiving name. rainbow bright. for a family-run business accused of dark conditions. >> rainbow bright was cheating not just the workers of their pay, not just the workers of their dignity, but was cheating you and me as taxpayers. >> reporter: about $8.5 million, says state attorney general javier becerra. the four adult and two childcare facilities are tucked away in pacifica, daly city, and south san francisco neighborhoods. >> they have been here long time. but we never know what happen actually inside. >> reporter: the sign says "we just stepped out." but on thursday investigators raided the facilities, seizing the weapons seen here. a loaded handgun apparently found under a blanket in the g

"abc 7 news" reporter katie utehs explains what happened. >> reporter: in this cellphone video you see b.a.r.t passengers evacuate the civic center station as it filled with smoke. >> a bunch of smoke. >> there's a lot of smoke in this. i'm trying to make sure everybody is off the train. >> reporter: san francisco fire responded shortly after 5:00 to find people scurrying up the stairs to market street. >> they left strollers, bicycles, personal property. we found a teddy bear that they're trying to get back to its owner. >> reporter: this is the scene once the smoke cleared. >> i think it could have been anything. it could have been fire. i see some -- some like writing on there. so it could be, i don't know, oomolye fire.ffiti rated. >> reporter: the culprit one of the ceramic insulators that supports the electrified third rail. >> it was more of a flash. the insulatord. oleai noise and lot of light and smoke, but it is brief and nothing was actually burning. >> reporter: b.a.r.t engineers are working the replace the insulator. as you can see the sign says generic east bay and that's

katie utehs with more on how deputies tracked them down. >> reporter: requesting an uber following a night of drinking in sausalito seems responsible. but forget a bad star rate, tourists face felony charges. >> starting pulling hair and ears and driver pulled away right away. >> reporter: police say these two took off in her car. happened early tuesday morning. >> police put vehicle into stolen property system and short time later san francisco police department located the vehicle. >> reporter: ditched in front of the hotel where the couple was staying. from there, finding guests was easy. could have tracked via the uber app, all of your information is stored in the app but they didn't have to, carjackers left i.d. on the floor of the stolen vehicle. ride share and cab drivers we spoke with, not surprised with the stack. >> somebody tried to punch me. >> reporter: also tried to smoke crack. >> emergency button and police came within a few minutes and arrested them. >> reporter: uber says they're removed from the app and they're ready to help the investigation. they've bailed out of

. >> "abc 7 news" reporter katie utehs live in west oakland with more on the potential safety effortskatie. >> reporter: kristen and larry, the good news here is this is a potential improvement of the transit system. here in west oakland during the holiday season, people are escorted by civilians to their cars so that their bags aren't stolen. imagine a similar effort of civilians on the b.a.r.t trains. one of the things we hear after major incidents is that people would like more of a presence on the trains. >> our staffing just doesn't allow that, and i think in the near term this would be a great complement to our safety activity. >> reporter: b.a.r.t district nine director bevin dufty is trying to get creative with the resources the agency has. he wants to hire civilian safety ambassadors to ride the b.a.r.t trains. >> our interest is really in getting a safety presence, a visible presence on the trains, in the stations, deescalating conflict situations, helping people that need help to get that help. >> reporter: some riders are skeptical. >> we have b.a.r.t police, we have peopl

abc 7 news reporter katie utehs has more on the investigation. >> a deceiving name, rainbow bright for a family-run business accused of dark conditions. >> rainbow bright was cheating not just their workers of their pay, not just the workers of their dignity, but was cheating you and me as taxpayers. >> reporter: about $8.5 million says state attorney general xavier becerra. the four adults and two child care facilities are tucked away in pacifica, daley city and south san francisco neighborhood. >> they have been here a long time. but we never know what happened actually si>>eporr:he se spped the facilities, seizing the weapons seen here. a loaded handgun apparently found under a blanket in the garage of a day care. >> and then we saw a lot of packages were removed and we were praying they'll close the place. >> reporter: joshua, noel, gerlen and carlina gamo currently face 59 criminal charges for human trafficking, rape and labor exploitation. >> they were forced to work up to 24 hours a day. they slept on the floors and in garages. they were locked outside sometimes in the rain when

live in walnut creek, katie utehs, "abc 7 news." >> thank you. >>> the woman who accused supreme court justice clarence thomas of sexual harassment nearly 30 years ago is now speaking out. >> anita hillary appeared exclusively on gma this morning. "abc 7 news" anchor kristen sze is here with her advice. >> anita hill is pushing the committee to push the pause button on supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. she supports blasey ford's decision not to testify until the fbi conducts an investigation. >> absolutely it is the right move. the hearing questions need to have a frame, and the investigation is the best frame for that. the neutral investigation. >> in 1991 hill testified that then-nominee and now supreme court justice clarence thomas had sexually harassed her when they worked together at the education department in the '80s. thomas denied those claims. there was a three-day fbi investigation. hill says a thorough investigation is needed now. >> we need to be able to believe in the integrity of our courts, and that means believing in the integrity of the individuals who are on it.

katie utehs has more on the investigation. >> a deceiving name, rainbow bright for a family-run business accused of dark conditions. >> rainbow bright was cheating not just their workers of their pay, not just the workers of theirt wasating aays state attorney general xavier becerra. the four adult and two child care facilities are tucked away in pacifica, daley city and south san francisco neighborhoods. >> they have been here a long time. >> long time. the sign says we just stepped out, but on thursday, investigators raided the facilities, seizing the weapon seen here. a loaded handgun apparently found under a blanket in the garage of a day care. >> and then we saw a lot of packages were removed and we were praying they would close the place. joshua, noel, gerlen and carlina gamo currently face charges for human trafficking, rape and labor exploitation. >> they were forced to work up to 24 hours a day. they slept on the floors and in garages. they were locked outside sometimes in the rain when the owners were not home. >> reporter: becerra says the accused confiscated the workers' pass

katy utehs has more on the investigation. a deceiving name, rainbow bright for a family-run business accused of dark conditions. >> rainbow bright was cheating not just their workers of their pay, not just the workers of their dignity, but was cheating you and he as taxpayers. >> about $8.5 million says state attorney general xavier becerra. the two adults and two child care facilities are tucked away in pacifica, daley citynd south san francisco neighborhoods. >> we never know what happened. >> the sign says we just stepped out, but on thursdy investigators raided the facilities, seizing the weapons seen here. a loaded handgun apparently found under a blanket in the garage of a day care. and then we saw a lot of packages were removed and we were praying. >> joshua, noel, face exploitation. >> they were forced to work up to 24 hours a day. they slept on the floors and in garages. they were locked outside sometimes in the rain when the owners were not home. >> becerra said the accused confiscated the workers' passports and thr

katie utehs has more. >> reporter: just as the stadium looms large behind me so, too, does that $90 millionwed by taxpayers. some think suing the raiders could help recoup the money, but others fear the plan could backfire. as raiders fans watch their team score, some say the city of oakland is losing. as the team prepares to leave for las vegas. >> we still owe $90 million on the renovations to the coliseum, if we could get that back, i'm in favor of that. >> reporter: he says he's heard reports of a lawsuit in the works. the city may file a multimillion dollar antitrust lawsuit according to the chronicle. those law firms have reportedly offered to fund the initial case. >> you know, i feel strongly in our case, they're going basically for it on a bad faith effort and just being on the coliseum authority, having those conversations, it appears the raiders acted in bad faith in this process. >> reporter: some fear a lawsuit would mean an early end to the raiders lease. scott mckibben says the raiders have made it clear to me they have no desire -- it's unclear where they'd go. the vegas sta

. >> abc 7 reporter katie utehs joins us with a look forward from levi stadium in the south bay. katie. >> reporter: kristen, the '9ers didn't even bother to turn on the hallway lights at levi stadium leading to the press conference this afternoon. that was indicative of the mood of the team and fans. the coach says they're looking to bring up backup quarterback. >> start with injuries. >> reporter: a rough start to the week. >> jimmy, as you guys know, has a torn acl. >> reporter: as 49ers head coach kyle shanahan confirmed the news following this play in sunday's game. >> garoppolo escaping trouble. >> reporter: quarterback jimmy garoppolo run it is ball up the sideline. tweaks his knee, then takes a hit. a gut-wrenching scene for the faithful that resulted in a torn acl. >> watching him be carted off the field was incredibly depressing, too. he looked upset. our coach, kyle shanahan, looked upset. it was tough to watch. >> i know he was very disappointed. i know it is hard last night, it was hard today and it will be hard over the next few weeks, but jimmy is a tough person. he

katie utehs. >>> the case of an abducted boy. the boy was found safe in dublin after a statewide amber alert was issued. they arrested the boy's father and the 17-year-old half brother. police accuse the father of abducting the boy yesterday in modesto during a home invasion-style break in. during which pepper spray was used. they could hear the boy screaming for his father as the police took him away. >> it was -- i didn't know what was going on until i really attention. i was like oklahoma cih, wow, h, front of smee. >> taking a child by force is traumatic for anyone. at 6 years old, didn't need to see this today. >> he's facing charges of domestic violence, child endangerment and burglary. his 17-year-old son could also face charges. >>> well, it is fall. but our weather is behaving like summer. look at live doppler 7. the fog is just hugging the coastline. not in a hurry to leave. it has really impacted our temperatures. inland areas have been on the hot side. we do have a red flag warning for the north and east bay hills unt

katie utehs has more. >> reporter: the email requesting more time from christine blasey ford's attorney calls the judiciary committee deadline, quote, aggressive and artificial, and calls the treatment of blasey ford calf letter, following a day when president trump doubled down on his support for judge brett kavanaugh. >> and i said, we have to fight for him. not worry about the other side. and by the way, women are for that more than anybody would understand. >> reporter: the statements at a rally followed the president's tweet. i have no doubt if the attack on dr. ford was as bad as she says charges would have been immediately filed with local law enforcement authorities by either her or her loving parents. i ask she bring the filings forward so we can learn date time and place. republican senator susan collins, a critical vote in the confirmation process, denounced the president's tweet. >> ipresident's tweet was completely inappropriate and wrong. >> as blasey ford's testimony hangs in the balance it's unclear if it even matters. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell promised an a

abc 7 reporter katie utehs has the story. >> reporter: blasey ford's written testimony mirrors what has the alleged incident but goes into details. she says she is terrified to speak out but felt it was her civic duty to do so. today blasey ford's attorneys released these photos in the lead-up to tomorrow's testimony. you can see blasey ford taking a polygraph test. a former fbi agent is said to have administered it. he asked if any part of her statement was false or made up. both answers were no. the former agent said three separate analysis indicated there was no deception in her test. attorneys also released blasey ford's written statement that she plans to read tomorrow. it outlines the night of the alleged attack. she says kavanaugh knew her and she knew him, but not well prior to the party. this detail comes from her statement. quote, i tried to yell for help. when i did, brett put his hand over my mouth to stop me from screaming. that was what terrified me the most, and has had the most lasting impact on my life. blasey ford says she drank one beer that night and that kavanaugh a

katie utehs, abc 7 news. >> thank you. >>> a california couple accused of starving, shackling and beating their 13 children plead got knot guilty in court today. david and louise turpin face 88 charges, including torture and false imprisonment. deputies raided their riverside county home in january after their 17-year-old daughter escaped and called for help. david turpin is also accused of perjury. the d.a. says he signed paperwork to home school his children but failed to do. so turpin's attorney asked for the perjury charge to be tried simply. >> going to trial on 41 counts is difficult enough. going to trial on 49 counts is more difficult and more prejudicial. so we attempted to limit the prejudice to our client by asking that those be severed out. >> the judge rejected the request. the couple's next court date is in october. >>> protesters blocked traffic today in front of san francisco's hall of justice. some even stood right in front of a muni bus trying to drive down bryant street. the bus then reversed down the one-way street. protesters gathered at the hall of justice every frid

katie utehs has more. >> reporter: the email requesting more time from christine blasey ford's attorney calls the judiciary's committee deadline, quote abaggressive and art officials and calls the treatment of blasey ford calf lower. following a day when president trump doubled down on his support for judge brett kavanaugh. >> and i said we have to fight for him. not worry about the other side. and by the way, women are for that more than anybody would understand. >> reporter: the statements at a rally followed the president's tweet i have no doubt if the attack on dr. ford was as bad as she says charges would have been immediately filed with local law enforcement authorities by either her or her loving parents. i ask that she bring the filings forward so we can learn date, time and place. republican senator susan collins a critical vote in the confirmation process denounced the tweet. >> i thought the president's tweet was completely inappropriate and wrong. >> reporter: as blasey ford's testimony hangs in the balance it's unclear if it even matters. senate majority leader mitch mcconn

live in oakland, katie utehs, abc 7 news. >> we don't know where the raiders will play next year, but we do know where they will be on monday night, and that is here on abc 7, the season opener at the coliseum, our live pre-game coverage of the raiders versus rams beginning at 7:00 p.m. >>> some sort of incident near american canyon high school put the school on lockdown this afternoon. it happened for precautionary reasons. you can see the police presence nearby. officials confirmed there was not a shooting or stabbing. not clear at this time if anyone was injured or if any students were involved in the incident. >>> the name of the pilot killed yesterday while flying a volunteer mission for the group angel flight has now been released. john spencer was flying a patient and her mother from redding to palo alto when his small plane crashed. investigators with the national transportation safety board were on scene looking at the wreckage of the plane before removing it from the water. live look from the scene, you can see the crane there as arrived so it can remove the plane. the aircr

. >> abc 7 news reporter katie it utehs is live on campus. >> the 14-year-old freshman is a minor so,facing eight felony charges, and now police are working with atf to determine where the teen obtained the gun. as classes resume at balboa high school, mixed reactions from students. >> i'm still kind of nervous what happened today. i feel like everyone's still got to talk about it. >> others seemed unfazed after their classmate brought a gun to class and it discharged, sending a shot through a chair on thursday. >> i'm fine. pretty used to it. so it's just like whatever. >> parents, who were panicked during the lockdown, remain nervous. >> it's only the second week. it's how i feel. i feel so bad, because, yeah, i don't want her to come here, but she insists to come. >> teachers talked to students about thursday's incident. counselors were also available. the staff played an early role in trying to find the 14-year-old freshman